Xi’s vision: 21st century is the Asia-Pacific century
The Empire is going to face competition in the Asia-Pacific. It was unimaginable to the Empire years ago. The competition will be tougher. To the Empire, the Asia-Pacific was its…
2022
Why didn’t she leave?
Ghastly narrative surrounds Shraddha Walker’s alleged murder by her live-in partner, Aftab Poonawalla. She was in an abusive relationship, as is claimed by her friends and corroborated by her conversations…
British Democracy
Back in 1968,when I was busy giving final shape to my revised thesis, I don't think anyone in Cambridge had heard of Jaques Derrida.The impact of continental ,largely Hegelian Marxism…
COP 27 Concludes Without Conclusion
The much expected 27th Conference of Parties (COP 27) has come to its conclusion, but without any concluding outcome for the planet. UN secretary general Antonio Guterres’s deep disappointment with…
Savarkar-Controversy: So that Neo-Colonial Slavery Perpetuates!
(Everything in this article is just repetition. I have been saying all this since 1991-92. It is obvious that the Congress and the RSS/BJP do not like my ideas. But…
IAPI supports Bharat Jodo Yatra
Indians Abroad for Pluralist India (IAPI) has welcomed the ongoing march started by the opposition Congress party in India. Bharat Jodo Yatra, aimed at uniting the country that is going…
When Will Climate Change Become the Crucial Issue in American Elections?
Believe me, it’s strange to be an old man and feel like you’re living on a new planet. On November 7th, the day before the midterm elections, I took my…
USA policy critics should give more emphasis to alternatives and reforms
In international strategic discussion a hot topic is the challenge posed to US dominance by China in the coming years. However the leadership position of the USA is increasingly under…
Forever Young: Staughton Lynd
My dear friend Staughton Lynd died Thursday five days before what would have been his 93rd birthday. It is no overstatement to say that Staughton inspired millions of people around…
Liberating Africa from Poverty Requires Changing Power Relations with the West
Soon after arriving in Oslo, my taxi zigzagged through the city's well-organized streets and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Large billboards advertised the world's leading brands in fashion, cars, and perfumes. Amid all…
Bharat Jodo Yatra: Can it lead to opposition revival and save Indian republic?
Bharat Jodo Yatra undertaken by Rahul Gandhi is receiving a popular response and large numbers are seen joining it including eminent citizens. Currently it has passed through the states of…
Half a rupee for the largest animal that walks the earth
Dear friends, I am a baby elephant living in a camp made by human beings to rehabilitate orphaned ones like me, train and prepare me to be of use. I…
Musk’s attack on Twitter workers brings company to the brink of collapse
Media reports were speculating about the possible collapse of the social media platform Twitter following the resignation of another 1,200 employees the previous day in response to a recent ultimatum…
UPR IV: Turns the talk of the commons
In a clearly visible that, the word Universal Periodic Review (UPR) has been pronounced only by…
Raja Biscuit Company Workers Protest retrenchment and halting of production
On 17th November in Sidkul in Haridwar of Uttarakhand , Raja Biscuit company workers converged at a park to organise a public meeting protesting the halting of production. The workers…
Macliing Dulag: The Man Who Died Defending the Cordillera, Its People, and Its Lands
If you mention the name of Macliing Dulag to a Cordilleran, you are going to arouse three possible responses. One, the person has no idea who Dulag was. Two, the…
Cowardly US Lackey Australian Labor Government Betrays Promises, Australia, Palestine, and Humanity
A new Australian Labor Government was elected in May 2022, replacing an appalling Liberal Party-National Party Coalition Government. However after a mere 6 months decent, progressive, pro-environment and pro-peace Australians…
Thuggish Ways: Mike Pompeo, Punishing Leakers and Getting Assange
Poor, silly, protuberant Mike Pompeo. The stocky, irritated former CIA director and former Secretary of State is rather upset that those who worked under him dared wag their tongues about…
Rising child labor problem is a hindrance in the development of the country
Despite India's economic development in all sectors, growing poverty is a major problem with one-third of India's population living below the poverty line. Poverty's low standard of living, low income…
Putting the ‘Public’ back into the Republic – walking and talking with a man called Rahul
by Lalita Ramdas (with Ramu Ramdas) By now many of you have seen countless images and video footage of the Yatra, of the growing crowds . And the figure…
Fish Workers’ Agitation: Kerala’s Vizhinjam Anti Adani Port Struggle For Survival
The historical agitation by the coastal people of Trivandrum has crossed 120 days. The struggle has been going on at Vizhinjam all these days under the leadership of the Trivandrum…
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojana (PMFBY) allows big businesses to profiteer at the cost of the farmers
To Smt Nirmala Sitharaman Union Finance Minister Dear Smt Sitharaman, I refer to a news report (https://www.businessworld.in/article/Union-Min-Pradhan-Seeks-Probe-Into-Farmers-Insurance-Scheme-In-Odisha-/17-11-2022-454459/) that Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, the Union Education Minister has written to the…
Recent Research Revives Serious Concerns Regarding Bio-Safety Risks
Recent controversy regarding the research at Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) has again revived the concerns regarding continuation of certain types of high-risk biological research. As reported,…
Allotment of Gondalpura Coal Block to the Adani Group violates Forest Rights Act
To Shri A L Meena Union Coal Secretary Shri A K Jha Union Secretary for Tribal affairs Dear S/Shri Meena and Jha, I understand that the Ministry of Coal has…
The G20 is dead. Long live the G20
The seventeenth G20 Heads of State and Government Summit held in Bali, Indonesia, on 15–16 November stands out as a consequential event from many angles. The international politics is at…
Greenland is Worse Than Ever, Much Worse
A new study finds Greenland’s ice sheet thinning much further into the ice sheet core than previously thought, 100 miles inland. (Source: S. Khan, et al, Extensive Inland Thinning and…
New Peoples Army fighters executed by Armed Forces of Phillipines in Negros
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and New People’s Army (NPA) are involved in one of the world’s longest-running insurgencies, and for over 50 years Red fighters have been…
Dark Mystery
The Flesh on the Cross It is a great meditation It is a great Truth Of the World The nails of our traitors Slowly bore into us As we call…
War in Ukraine – Shades of the past and portents of things to come
Latest news from the battlefields of Ukraine indicate that the war game is moving in uncertain and unpredictable directions, and nothing is happening in terms of a final score - …
A book review of the ‘GRP-NDFP Peace Negotiations’ by Jose Maria Sison
This book is part 9 of the Sison reader series, ‘GRP-NDFP Peace Negotiations’ encompasses the years 1986 to 2022. It reflects the role Joma Sison played in exploring and realizing…
Upholding of EWS by SC strikes at Basic Structure of Constitution
The PUCL is concerned that the decision of the Supreme Court in `Janhit Abhiyan v Union of India’ upholding the constitutionality of reservations for `Economically Weaker Sections’ (EWS) does…
Ukraine Update: Kiev Lied To NATO Over Missile Strike, Reports Financial Times
Ukraine has been accused of “openly lying” about a missile that hit Poland killing two civilians, earlier this week, the Financial Times reported on Thursday citing an unnamed diplomat from a…
The Anti-Caste Pen Force
One who practices caste is a devil That devil has to be driven out of India India must be made a country of equality. The tiller must sow the letters…
The Polish Missile Narrative
Wars tend to bury facts. What comes out of them is often a furiously untidy mix of accounts that, when considered later, constitute wisps of fantasy and presumption. Rarely accepted…
No Red Wave, but Plenty of Red Flags
This November, voters stood up and rejected a host of anti-democratic candidates all across America. Although the GOP eked out a victory in the House of Representatives, dimming prospects for…
The Need for Global Unity: How World Law Can Save Us All
If humanity is to survive in the face of climate change, nuclear proliferation, and international political conflict, we must muster the courage to act with conviction and unity. On every…
From the History of Global Politics and International Relations: The Clausewitzian Viewpoint of War
The focal questions about war In dealing from both theoretical and practical points of view about war, at least six fundamental questions arise: 1) What is war?; 2) What types…
A Hall of Shame of U.S. Weapons Sales
Here’s a seldom commented-upon reality of this century and this moment: the United States remains the number-one arms-exporting nation on the planet. Between 2017 and 2021, it grabbed 39% of the total…
One Earth Theme and G-20 grim realities
‘One Earth’ is A Great Theme for G-20, But How Do We Take it Forward in the Middle of Grim Realities? India has done well to select ‘One Earth, One…
Papillon
They chained you Made you know Inside and out What it is like To be rock They taught you The secret hardnesses of time The Gorgon Face Of the clock…
Book Preview of ‘Under the Banner of Stalin’
‘Under the Banner of Stalin ‘, is a compilation of articles published by Magpie, edited by Basu Acharya and introduced by Grover Furr ,that vividly illustrates the true contribution of…
Poland-Missile: Biden Believes Ukrainian Missile Landed In Poland, Reports Reuters
U.S. President Joe Biden has said Tuesday’s blast on Polish territory, which killed two civilians, was caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile, Reuters has reported. The U.S. leader shared…
Reimagining Food, Farming and Humanity: Ecomodernism’s Dystopia
“Ecomodernists offer no solutions to contemporary problems other than technical innovation and further integration into private markets which are structured systematically by centralized state power in favour of the wealthy……
The West Is Using COP27 to Shift Blame to Poorer Nations—Private Greed Prevails Over Humanity’s Survival
By Prabir Purkayastha / Independent Media Institute In the hands of capital, “clean” natural gas is worse than “dirty” coal. But rich nations have devised an elaborate system to conceal…
Appropriate National Monument Needed At Mangarh to Honor Tribal Freedom Fighters
On 17 November, 1913 the colonial British regime mobilized cannons and machine guns to fire on Bhil tribal freedom fighters gathered at the hill of Mangarh, located in present day…
Privacy Woes: Google’s “Location History” Settlement
It all speaks to scale: the attorney generals of 40 states within the US clubbing together to charge Google for misleading users. On this occasion, the conduct focused on making…
Palestinians are Native Americans: Time to Correct the Language of History
At a recent Istanbul conference that brought many Palestinian scholars and activists together to discuss the search for a common narrative on Palestine, a Palestinian member of the audience declared…
The First Defeat of the Central Powers in the Great War: The 1914 Battle of Cer
It passed more than the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War in 1914−1918. Proportionally, in the war, Serbia suffered mostly among all countries involved in the conflict…
History vis-a-vis Fiction: A Fascinating Dialectic
The much contested debate pertaining to the relationship between Literature and History dates back to the classical times. Beginning with Aristotle, there have been constant efforts to identify the links…
Himachal Pradesh Elections: A Trailer?
Elections to Himachal Pradesh Assembly may be viewed as a symbolic example of what Indian political system and its socio-democratic fibre seem to be heading for. Given the importance accorded…
India: the Greatest Political Let Down of Recent Times
Knowing that no right minded Indian thinks the rate of inflation, the price of potatoes, cooking oil, petrol, diesel, rice, flour, eggs, indeed, any commodity you can name, the indices…
Missile Strikes Poland: What’s Next?
An alleged missile strike in Poland Tuesday has killed 2 people. The Polish military and prosecutors have arrived at the scene of the blast, Visegrad 24 reports. The incident has…
Tolerance is a powerful virtue –Let’s be tolerant with one another
16 November is the United Nations International Day for Tolerance In the scheme of universal values “tolerance” appears to be the most misunderstood and abused in everyday life. The…
G20 urged to “face up” to global Covid-19 challenges, as rich countries still monopolise vaccine supply
Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia: Wednesday 16/11 : Rich countries have delivered seven times more doses of COVID-19 vaccine per head than low-income countries[1], civil society groups have warned, as the G20…
Zameen Prapt Sangharsh Committee stage Protest outside District Collectors Office in Patiala
The Zameen Prapt Sangharsh Commitee on November 15th staged a spirited day long dharna outside the district collectors office in Patiala, of around 600 persons from around 24 villages.Zonal leader…
Saudi Blood Money, Golf and Adelaide
Peter Malinauskas, the South Australian Premier, has been the latest convert to the LIV Golf circuit, showing little to no awareness about where the lion’s share of funding is coming…
Africa’s Forgotten Colony in the Sahara
Since 1975, thousands of Sahrawi people have lived in five refugee camps in the Algerian Sahara. They named these camps after cities in Western Sahara: Ausserd, Boujdour, Dakhla, Laayoune,…
The Unasked Questions of 2022
Britons mourned the recent passing of Queen Elizabeth II, and understandably so. The outpouring of affection for their long-serving monarch was more than commendable, it was touching. Yet count me among…
The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India
How Do Human Beings Relate to Their History? A Book Review of Urvashi Butalia’s The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India I am a big believer…
Quirks of the Indian judicial system
Way back in 1922 , the Bengali author of comic literature Sukumar Ray (father of the famous film maker Satyajit Ray), composed a poem entitled Act 21, lampooning the system …
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